On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, f g wrote: > I am trying to build a site and I would like to utilize an instant > messenger so that my users can communicate with one another as part of > the service. In an ieal world this will include video as well, but I am > happy with traditional text based IM for phase 1. > > In addition I am building the site out in C# and ASP.NET, so I am > looking for a solution that would work well with that. If you know of > any good articles on this I could also try and see about writing this, > but would prefer to get something to use right away so I can hit the > ground running. Check: http://www.asp.net/ControlGallery/default.aspx?Category=46&tabindex=2 Though I'm unsure if you need to have all your clients acquire accounts on a service like AIM or MSN. And as I re-read your question - might a solution simply be to communicate other user's IM account names so that they themselves can use IM? Best, Joe -- Joe "ArtLung" Crawford AIM:artlung Phone:619-516-4550 LAMP Host Evangelist, Web Designer, Web Developer, WebSanDiego.org List Guy http://joecrawford.com/ http://lamphost.net/ http://artlung.com/ http://artlung.com/blog/ http://sandiegobloggers.com/ http://sandiegoblog.com/ http://websandiego.org/